Independent complexity management & C4D consultant concerned about the current state of the climate regime in particular. Images:http://t.co/5ZI7PtmqmH
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"Governments should adjust regulatory frameworks to create stronger incentives for private investment"
Existential threats aren't enough?
It feels dirty when you read climate development reports that are TL:DR "Give public money & update regs to encourage private investment"
CSW59 Political Declaration tl:dr
"We don't all actually want *full* women's rights just yet, but we *totes* want it by 2030"
Make sense?
Ben King retweeted
We’re going to to laugh at ourselves for thinking complexity theory had to do with computers.
I've been proofing summaries of climate and development reports for four years now. They're starting to sound desperate. 2015 is a huge year
Every geoengineer would be better place throwing down tools and forming a direct action group to target oil companies if you want change.
It is no better than what we are already doing increasing CO2. That has benefits too, with a big unintended consequence. Don't repeat that.
Seriously, geoengineering, messing with the global system like that, is what the first-do-no-harm principle was made for. Period.
Glad to see Geoengineering getting a bashing today. I would hope all complexity theorists will speak out re. risk of unintended consequences
There'll come a time for every #complexity theorist whereby to be true to conclusions, as a human being, they'll need to become activists.
... then you have probably forgotten a few variables. Seriously, its a mugs game for a long time yet. We dont have nearly the infrastructure
Besides, i'm sorry, but unless your model keeps churning out 'global revolt variable too likely, unable to predict for shit where and when'
The risk/reward is too bad here. The risk is huge - we will always read whatever into patterns, it's too subjective, too easily manipulated.
Let climate scientists tackle that - it's plenty complex enough to challenge and push, but even that aint social levels of complexity.
Now, if it were a case that we could only get there with lots of useless steps, fine. But this isn't the case with massive complex modelling
...and especially don't cite them for anything close to being regarded as long-term. It's practically worthless with todays data and tech.
#globaldev, economics, sociology, whatever.. seriously, just don't bother with economy-wide modelling that includes socio-economic factors.
Would it instead be better to come up w/ open systems that have inclusivity built-in, not narrow protocols boot-strapped with mainstreaming?
I'm just wondering if it's actually a feasible approach? Say you have 12; 12 separate, concurrent mainstreaming efforts? Is that doable?
Has anyone in #globaldev totaled up all of the different topics out there that claim to require cross-cutting mainstreaming efforts?